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Today's patient.

Correct above. The main detail is to install with the adapter's oring "dry" (no lubricant.) This helps keep the adapter from spinning off when you change oil filters.

joedrum: P.S. Octane was not the Founder there, but he is a very good friend of mine. We've collaborated on multiple builds of supercharged bikes. All the best.

joedrum: How's the weather down there today? Partly cloudy it seems. :)

My candidate is Splifires. These plugs were basically a heavily marketed "gimmick" product that was popular in the 90s. Splitfire made outlandish claims about fuel mileage and emissions benefits and eventually got zapped by the FTC for making deceptive claims. I've used just about every brand...

Dan Filipi invited me to comment further on this thread, so I’ll oblige him and have a go at things mentioned here (and elsewhere) that aren’t quite correct. Here are the facts: I sold Randakk’s Cycle Shakk in 2016, but I’m still involved. When I transferred ownership, Randakk’s offered...

Wanted to buy: '75 GL1000. Low VIN number, low miles, in good roadworthy condition. PM me with details. Thanks.

You guys are awesome! Especially at unfounded speculation, misinformation and fiction. But, it is gratifying how generous you are are sharing your opinions about me. I find this thread very entertaining. Keep up the good work! :)

Recently, two very nice GL1000s fetched $15,000 each on the Bring-a-Trailer (BAT) auction site! One was a very nicely restored ’76 GL1000 Yellow bike with 7K miles. The other was a mostly original ’78 GL1000 showing 2K miles . The yellow bike is the more expected result. It’s believed that...

Important News from Randakk's Cycle Shakk Hello from Randakk: I wanted to share some great news here. Randakk's has recently merged operations with Mike’s XS and Z-1 Enterprises, creating a family of companies specializing in parts for vintage Japanese motorcycles. This group has come...

Yes. Details on the website.

Randakk's Cycle Shakk is a vintage Honda specialist firm focused on early Honda GoldWings. Randakk provides unique restoration resources for Honda GL1000, GL1100, GL1200, GL1500, CBX, CBX500, FT500, DOHC-4 and other vintage Hondas. Randakk's focus is fuel system parts and proprietary Master...

I'll be conducting a seminar for the fine folks at Motorcycle Classics Magazine at the Barber Vintage Festival. Among the topics covered with be float setting and broken float post repair (2 methods). This seminar is free to all Festival attendees. Hope to see you there! Details...

Yes. If there is a "Build" thread or other details that would be interesting.

I'm always happy to meet nice people and see interesting bikes. The Barber Vintage Festival in a few weeks looks like my next opportunity - 80,000+ people and thousands of interesting bikes. Details: https://archive.constantcontact.com/fs16 ... 86364.html